CASE REPORTS   

International Angiology 2004 March;23(1):82-4

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Tumor embolization causing acute ischemia with sometimes fatal results. Case report and review of literature

Morsey H., Aslam M., Standfield N.

Division of Surgery and Anesthetic Intensive Care, Imperial College School of Medicine Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Periph­er­al arte­ri­al embo­lism aris­ing from a malig­nant tumor is an infre­quent man­i­fes­ta­tion of neo­plas­tic dis­ease and also a rare cause of acute arte­ri­al occlu­sion. A diag­no­sis of lower limb acute ische­mia in young ­adults could be over­looked ­because the con­di­tion is quite uncom­mon in this age group. A case of lower extrem­ities arte­ri­al embol­iza­tion from met­a­stat­ic lung can­cer of germ cell ori­gin is report­ed and the lit­er­a­ture is ­reviewed.